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CVE-2021-33338

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-33338 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting Liferay Portal versions 7.1.0 through 7.3.2 and Liferay DXP 7.1 before fix pack 19 and 7.2 before fix pack 6. The vulnerability arises because the Layout module exposes the CSRF token in URLs via the p_auth parameter, making it susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, high attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.1:fix_pack_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.1:fix_pack_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.1:fix_pack_11:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:digital_experience_platform:7.1:fix_pack_12:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 1,572 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bomFixed in: 7.3.3
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomFixed in: 7.1.10.fp19
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bomFixed in: 7.2.10.fp6

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-4frg-rpx6-96qhhigh

Liferay Portal Layout Module and Liferay DXP Exposes the Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Token in URLs

May 24, 2022

References

issues.liferay.com / browse/LPE-17030
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
portal.liferay.dev / learn/security/known-vulnerabilities/-/asset_publisher/HbL5mxmVrnXW/content/id/120748276
Vendor Advisory